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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

From the report OF DIR. Baker, Health
Officer of the city during the year ISo5-
1856 much that the paper of DR.. Orme
contains, Will be found borne out by
the latest statistics. Ths Health Oicer
says: THE enclosed tab1lated stale
ment gives the number of deaths and the
different causes. Mortality from con-
sumption was exceptionally large, due
exclusively to the vast number of con-
sumptives who come here. expecting to re-
cover, when they were already in the last
stages of the disease, with recovery an
impoezibiIity and death the only Possi-
BILE result. Nevertheless there are In
our midst very large number OF invslIds
suffering from pulmonary diseases who
have been beaetitei by the climate OF
this county and find their lives pro-
longed by making Los Angeles their per
mansnt home THIS city has. with very
trifiing exception, been ire from con-
tageous diseases.
The following mortality report shows
the diseases In the city from November,
1853, to 0ctober, 1856. inclusive. Con-
sumption, l2o still births, D; esre5rO
spinal meningitis. II. scarlet fever, ID !;
denti.i0n. 10; pne0-lnonia- IA; meai1-
gitiz, l3; typhoid fever. Il; heart dis
ease, l2; premature births. l2:eoroners
cases, not otherwise explained. III;
inaniiion, 10; Group. 9. gastritiz, 3; old
age. Q; congestion Of the brain. 5; diph-
terra, apoptexy, poisoning, cinhosis OF
the liver, Z each; droPsy, s; cancer cf
the stomach, gunshot wounds, paralysis.
vhooping cough, eaeh; pz-rperAl
fever, cancer, brooehitis. B-ight's dis
ease Of the kidneys, couvuisions, en-
teritiz, yalvuiar disease Of the heart.
each; alcoholism. cholera infantzn.
diarrheA peritonitis, . each; viszeut
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

died hzs more than doubled in the last
year. And a. the circulation i'm the
county Is free, no revenue is derived
from fully one-half handled in the ofiiee.
The mail to the States has grown to sn
enornous proportion. Fer the past
week mOr,s than l6, 600 letters daily were
seat on ths two overland trains; while
the pzper mail during the same time
amounted to go sacks, running as high
as 65 sacks Monday last. The average
number of sacks of papers sent daily
during the year was "A.
.Forty-nine regular pouches are des-
patched daily from the office. Nearly
all PostOfhces In the county are receiving
two mails per day, and Is there are NO
regular pestoftice CLERKS on the local
trans. Los Angeles is obliged to pouch
direct to them.
The Offices beyond Lamanda Park, on
the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley
railroad. are tie only exceptions to this
rule ''The attention of the Department
should Be called to this fact
The Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Duarte
and offices beyond. receive three mails q
week, while South Pasadena and Pasa-
dena. On the same line, receive twelve
The local city mail has nearly doubled
within the last twelve months, the in
crsAss b=ing from $50 to $3.50.
The number of letters asd packages
registered during the year was IA, 499;
the number delivered, l5.22O. The
largest lumber registered in one day
was 81, on Monday last.
The number Of money orders issued
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01
Homes for all on the InStallment Plan

Nos. 5s, 60 and 62. North Los Angeles str
d1frlm
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

S5f5. .6S6 ~as deposited by money Or
der Office with TINS office; S2S4, 600 WAS
resaitted to San Francisco.
The highest number of money orders
and postal notes issued In cne day was
Monday, December 10Th, amounting to
two hunirel for the day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-01

ONLY 500 FOR BEAUTIFUL 6o-FOOT
" lot. by paying $40 down; balance of IS
ON the installment plan of $40 per month.
without interest. Reservoir rights. besides
a well Is now being put down for domestic
purposes for each 10-acre tract. This choice
tract of 20 acres has been subdivided into
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-08-13
ID. MchENZIE.
Contractor and Builder.

Stores and offices fitted up, Estimates
given on all kinds of brick and wooden
buildings, Plans aSd specifications fur
nished. e#- Office, no Beretania St. !;
Mutual Telephone, 352; Postolfice Box,
100. 1922 ly
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Hard Work to Wind Up.

Representative w. w. Rice, of Massa-
chusetts, being called up for few feeble
remarks at the end of q dinner recently,
said that the presiding genius reminded
him of convert down in Maine He
had been anything but a praying man,
vet when ne had once joined the church
the brethren thought that he ought TO be
PRAYING all the time He was very slow
to SET about it. In fact, he positively re-
fused in much fear and trembling But
after awhile, by dint of assiduity and
dextrotis tact his near neighbor and close
friend got him upin prayer meeting one
night. Once up he prayed as though he
could not stop. He prayed for the uni
verse, the world, America, the United
States, the State of Maine, and the coun-
ty of Aroosstook, not forgetting the good
people OF Bangor He prayed for the
Church-uniyersal, militant and trium-
phant, general and particular, abroad
and at home He prayed for everybody
in his own congregation, present or alb
sent, collectively and individually he
began to repeat himself At last he
turned to his friend and said in a loud
whisper ats easy enough to pray, but
it's most mighty hard to peter it out
right"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Fertilizers for Potatoes.

4 report on series of experiments
with different fertilizers on potatoes, con-
Quoted last year at the agricultural sta
ton of Kentuckey, contains the follow
ing conclusions l. The application Of
stable manure injured the quality of the
tubers. 2 The application of nitra Of so
da is injurious to the quality of the pota-
TO. 3. The inference, based upon one
trial. is that the result is the same, wheth-
er sulphate or muriate of potash IS EN-
ploved. in combination with nitrate of
sofia and superphosphates- The highest
quality was gained in potatoes grown
without manure. The next best tubers
as regards quality were grown with the
aid of superphosphates Of lime and sui
phate of potash.
This last fertilizer, applied at the rate
of 600 pounds of superphosphaie and 100
pounds of sulphate of potash per acre,
gave yield of 20S bushels peracre- The
application of 500 pounds OF superphos-
phate and 800 pounds of mira of soda
gave lis bushels to the acre, but the per-
centaee of starch was only Is. IL, against
Is. 9s in the aforementioned test The
Weld with no manure was l3s bushels of
large tubers-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
A Veritable Farmers LegisIa-
ture.

There are owe fifty farmers in the thirty
fifth general assembly, and they flock to-
gether as if they were distinct nation
atty Organized as "a club, they meet
two OF three time week aud make the
walls of the old Memorial hail ring with
the eloquence of husbandry. They are
notthose stupid, overworked farmers that
are sometimes pictured ir the perverted
imagination of TIE city folk. But they
are jolly, intelligent, whole-sonled, joke
making people, upon whom it must be
admitted that farming has not wrought
many evils. They are not those sort Of
horny-handed, uncouth, untidy people
with cattle odored garments and mud
stained brogans, but modern grangers,
with neatly trimmed whiskers, carefully
trained mustaehes, soft, white, supple
hands, sharp, twinkling. rugIish eyes
that often wander into the galleries a
mong the ladies.
The farmers of the assembly are en-
thusiastic patrons of the theater and all
social entertainments available at the
capital Most of them reside at boarding
houses. where they have shown keen
appreciation of female society. Indeed,
these boarding house landladies are hav-
ing decided picnic this winter attending
the theatre, church soeiables. and little
neighborhood parties with these very af-
fable granger members-that is. such Of
them as are not accompanied by their
wives
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
The Right People Don't Meet.

Tie Observer listened TO two bright
women discuss the question the other,
day, and the younger said The great
trouble with society, the reason large
gatherings are not successful, is that in
circles know the right men and the
right women don't meet Oh, that is
always 20. never knew circle in
which they did," said the other But
it is dreadful" persisted miss; it is as
hard on the one side as on the other; the
bright men VINO won't exist would GER
tainly be glad TO know the women /
know. but the women know meet for
most only responsible old buffers and
boys at the literary receptions and even
ings they go to. suppose. she continu-
ed, "that it is far better in extremely
fashionable frivolous society that is fire.
quented by males and females of the
same species" She had been reading
Charles Reade, you see.
Not bit of it" rejoined madam "
was talking only this week to young
woman who moves in that society, and
who is so tired of it chat she is all but
ready to run away with the coachman.
why don't you give her good timeT !
said to her. A good time, replied the
daughter of sixty millions, does any one
suppose have good time Men, don't
see nice men? never see man
Ships, snips, l tell you, are all that ever
come to these ballsr-Neu York Graphic
. Obserrer."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
The Magical Effect of Taffy.

Senator Nye, of Nevada, went to Sec.
retary Stanton one day to make petit
ton for some dead soldiers orphans. II
was in the darkest days of the war STAN
ton said
4 have not time. Mr.. Nye, to see what
you want"
Suppose you take time, Mr. secre-
tary"
You are unreasonable, Mr.. Nye, in
pressing stch thing at this time" said
Stanton
Permit me to say that you are the un-
reasonable man" answered Nye.
"If not United States Senator should
say that you We're very impertinent," said
Stanton, haughtily.
"If you were not great Secretary of
War, should be tempted 10 say you were
making a d-d fool out Of yourself" re-
piled the old Gray Eagle, with his eyes
blazing.
Stanton looked at him moment, and
then softening, said /:
Maybe am, Jim, who knows? Come
inside, and tell me all ABOUT IT,"
Now, Ned, my boy, you are growing
sensible" said Nye, and the business
was quickly arranged.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Breaking Young Cows to Milk.

! have often wondered why there was
not more said in the agriculture Journals
about the best mode of breaking young
heifers TO milk Every farmer. from time
10 time, has such job ON his hands, and
without the experience Of others, some
times adopts plans that are very unsatis-
factory More cows are spoilt for being
gentle and kind milkers by bad manage
ment in breaking to milk than all other
causes combined. 4 wild and nervous
heifer, unaccustomcd to being handled,
is often driven to one corner of a large
yard, andithen with one or two to assist
the work of milking commences. If she
steps or kicks, as young heifers are unac-
customed TO being handled and that ~
somewhat frightened win, the mixer
usually jumps ont of she way, show
ing the animal that jumping and kicking
are the best means Of defense, and she is
not quick to forget it,
The best way in my experience is the
following Get the young COW into sta
BILE, and if you have stancheons thst wiH
hold her all the better but if not, tie
her up with a rope around her neck or
horns, hitched short, then with rope
tied to ham strap buckle the strap
around the fore foot between the hoof
and first joint, put the rope around the
body, draw up the foot, and tie the rope
sufficiently short 50 that she can't reach
her foot to the ground. She is now in
proper shape for milking. Standing on
three legs unable To free the other she
gives up at once and soon becomes kind
and gentle. If she is of an unusual ner-
vous kicking disposition, the hind leg
next to the mixer may be buckled to a
rope and around her leg near the hoof,
and hiehed to a post something solid
behind her. She will soon get tired kick
ing and entirely give up. Usually hitch
ing her by the head, either by stancheon
or rope and strapping up her fore foot
is all that is necessary, and she will socn
be quiet COW.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Bad for Husbands.

/ Think oft,
Women are mind readers
Wives reading their husbands like open
books
Thereby getting into all our little pet
schemes.
Ii we allow this to 90 ON, where will
we end ?7
The wife mind reader.
The innocent husband has fixed up a
plan between his particular chIm to
make the most Of an evening, 50 on leay-
ing the supper table he says:
Business at my desk will keep me
pretty late, wifey, dear, so don't sit up for
me, but go to bed and sleep like an an
GEL
only to have her come back with
4" That story might have worked yes
terday, my hubby, but can see through
you now. You are as transparent az
glass to me. You have no intention OF
going to your desk-nothing Of the kind.
On the contrary, you have made arrange
ments TO meet your chunls at a poker
joint and indulge in the festive game to u
late hour
Or she will give him this
Work at your desk until late in the
night, poor oyerworked man . How many
times you have pulled the wool over my
eyes by this night-work racket, and
have been chump enough to swallow it
ali But am up toyour little game now.
can read you now, and don't need
glasses You arc an open book in big
job type. You are going 10 take in the
theatre tonight, and have made arrange
nents to meet one of the ballet gins and
enjoy a supper after the performance.
No wonder you'll be late Hadn't yor
better make whole nigh OF it? 1t will
save you the trouble OF coming home and
me the annoyance of being disturbed.
But, hubby, be honest hereafter in
your dealings with me. Ii will be for
your interest you'll find that lies won't
work as in the past. Come right out with
it and acknow ledge ike little man that
you are badly stuck on some ballet igirl
ON account of her marvellous makeup.
say YOU are fool, and want to prove ii
10 others as well as to the few who are
tied 10 you for life say you are weak in
the upper story, and a thing with a
blonde wig and stuffed calves can catch
you for all there's in you. and make you
waste the money that ought to make
home happy and bright"
Now, what married man wants this
kind of racket play cd ON him?
1t won't DO.
This Inind-reading business on the part
OF women must not be encouraged IL it
is, we men will be losers by it.
DO you tumble?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Washington County Romance.

The man who wants to kick himself
lives in the southern part OF Washington
county. For a long time youth down
there yanted to marry his daughter, but
he stubbornIy refused his consent. The
other day when the twain were together
the lover proposed jaunt over the
Washington and Waynesburg railroad
Ii would cost only sl.64 and be made in
a few hours. They went. The old man
heard of il and concluded it was an elope-
ment. There was no train for hours.
The team was hitchei to the carriage and
there was a wild drive of eighteen miles
to Washington Had the detectiv ess seen
the flying lovers? No. Ofconrse not. The
lovers were gawking around the railway
station. Telegrams were sent to the po-
lice in every direction and the old man
with heavy heart and depleted pocket
book turned toward home. The lovers,
having seen the wonders of Washington,
turned toward home also. The train beat
the old mans team, and when he drove
up to the house, there was the missing
daughter peeling potatoes for supper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
How He Succeeded.

The dark ways of politicians are not
always past finding out. An Indian
agent. whose official character was not
above reproach, determined to present
the ease favorably to the administration
by sending delegation of Indians To
Washington to declare his praises.
He dressed the aborigines in an extra
ordinary costume of war-paint and feath-
ers, to their own astonishment, and fill
ing them full of bad whisky and praises
Of himself, sent them on their way. At
Washington the following conversation
took place between them and one of the
national officials:
is Captain Jones-the agent-a good
man ?''
Good man. (sententiously.)
"Does he steal the Indians bacan and
ilour?"
Sometime"
Does he get drunk?''
Mos evly day
He is good man, you say n
"Good man J"
"Why?" ?"
He good man he gif us plenty dol
lah TO say dat. He make us cold, he
make US hungry, he steal, he get drunk,
but ne say he coolest kind oh man. He
tell Us say So Captain Chones good man
Tgh -
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
B. & B.
SPRING DRESS GOODS THE
TOPIC.

What shall get tor my new spring and sam
mer suit Write our Mail order Department for
samples, aud they wiz help yon answer the ques-
fio.
Our business in Dress Goods Department this
season has already been surprising, but with the
daily arrivals q new goods the stuck and sclee-
Ion l. quite ~ good as ever. We make this mat
ter of assortment and selection feature Of our
business, ana with the assurance that prices are
right the customer. although living al distance
and unable 70 come IN. person TO do al The pur-
chasing has nothing 10 risk in ordering by mali.
The ewest and most desirable goods viii he
sent upon request. and satisfaction guaranteed.
Try a sample order. lon VII md THIS shopping
by mail. with rePutalil. house. great success.
A few specialties offered this month. viz.
Complete Line All W6oi COiOTed Cashmere
stripes-light weight. hut medium to dark colors.
Lerge iot all wool fancy Imported Dress Goods.
40 inch width 20 cts goods reduced from 55c
All.wOol Canesi Hair MiXtpres in Light Greys
and Browns, p IN. 81 cents.
Atwood - in. Invisible er Pin Head Cheeks in
Spring and SIMMER Shades at 7ie. former price
81 al which they were Thought good value and
cheap
NeH Printed Chal.i's. wool filling in light sum-
iner COlors and weight, i5e-23 IN.
Jusi placed on sale. large assortment OF English
Challi- OF Asiati' P0uges-2s inches = width for
s0in CREAM Atwood Canyass Cloth at . els
per yard-thc cheapest thing in Dress Goods line
ever offered.
For street and Travelling costumes we have
placed on sale fivs shades 0ftrcy English A0hairs
- inches IN width al DC per yard Old fashioned
good revived bur very desirable
The offerings ia English. French and German
Novelty suitings are heWiiderng in extent and
yariciy-too many 10 attempt even mention or
description.
usilal SIN bargains In Black and Col0red Silks
and many new ones. Everything 10 Mnire or Wa
tered Goods j. tse correct thing TO meet the de-
maud iu this direction. offer
4 special i.ansr Line of COl1red Moire silks
every shade, al sc for lSin width these are es-
pecialy cheap. Also Coiorsd M0ires 81 81. y =,
I 50and up 20 3 very desirable
Col0red Rhadanlts at Soc all SIX. 20 in. not Of
fered elsewhere below y and Il -
Dress Trimming. Buttons Handkerchiei-.
Gloves. Notions. Ribbons. Rnchinss, Je@eiry. &c.
send for Price l-ist aud Description Of our offer
ing- of Parasols and Kid Gloves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Stock and Dairy Notes.

Uniformity in butter = a paying gir.
the
Do not saw the horns of Of old cattle
unless they are dangerous.
Tire wise man uses mixed foods. He
feeds all parts Of the animal system.
you have taken the dehorning mai
ady, do the deed before the calf Is
moth old IL is not cruel or even painful
then.
The cows should be put NJ in the stable
at night when first turned out 10 grass,
and even given some dry food to cheek
the laxity Of the bowels They win
relish even straw and little will do them
good
II sheep are ticky, sheu them early
Come to think, they should be sheared
early anyway. II is cruel to leave the
wool ON after the weather gets hot. II
makes the sheep poor Shear early and
keep the sheep ont Of storm and cold
The lesson may be learned even vet
Why is it that farmers will not heed
The most Of them have kept their cattle
in the yards during the day all winter
and froze out the profits when they might
have been in the stables and saved half
of the fodder
When the cows 20 out to the pasture
poor and hide-bound, resolve solemnly
that next winter they shall be housed
all the time and the stable snail be warm.
just see how long it viii take them 10
gain flesh enough TO make any profit
over their feed. VIII it be half Of the
summer
The farmer who lives On a lacking ia
fertility should make close calculations
how many calves can be raised and how
many good ewes can be kept lie will
not be up to his privileges if ne does not
have a big field of fodder corn 70 help
out the cows in dry weatherand the hay
NOV in winter.
A night pasture is the thing for the
COWS. Have one handy and keep II for
years. The cows viii make il rich, and
seed scattered over it early in the spring
will renew the swar !! The seed might
be covered with a harrow and this would
be good for the gass. A good scratch
ing of the surface would spread the ma
nure and start things afresh. New idea,
but good one.
Cows are often myde sick by overfeed-
ing. The stomach must have rest Morn
ing anu night are times enough 70 feed
COW or other cattle coarse fodder. 1t is
a healtv way to feed hay or other fodder
morning and night, nd meal only at
noon. The best way is to moisten the
hay or straw and sprinkle meal over IT,
Then it all rasses into tAe r1men to-
gether and is mastjcated The way TO
feed to get rae best results with horses
or cattle is to cut the fodder and wet il
and nix the meal with it, Where labor
is eh zap the system viii always pay
ba k. By it nothing is wasted.-Ogfr
Country Home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
Rules for Family Peace.

l. We may be quite sure that our viii
is likely to hc crossed to-day, so prepare
for il.
,. Everybody in the house has an evil
nature as well as ourselves, and therefore,
we are not to expect too much
8. To learn the different temper Of
each individual
4 When any good happens to anyone
TO rejoice at it.
5. When inclined to give an angry
answer to count ten.
8. If from sickness, or infrInaty we
feel irritable, to keep very strict watch
over ourselves.
Z. To observe when others are suffer-
ing and drop word of kindness and
sympathy suited to their wants
s. To waseh for little opportunities of
pleasing, and to put little annoyances out
Of the way
9. To take cheerful view of every
thirg.
10. In all little pleasures which may
occur to put self last
Il. To try for the soft answer that
turneth away wrath
u. When we have been panied by an
unkind word or deed to ask ourselves,
Have I not done the sane and been for
given"
T.. In conversation not to exalt our
selves, but % 0ring others forward
A. To be very gentle with the Young
er ones and treat them with respect re-
membering that we once were young.
10. Never to judge one another, but
10 attribute !, good motive whenever we
can.
16. To compare our msuifold bless
ings with tie trifiing aruoyaDces of the
1.r-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
The Fertility of Dakota.

Now, what is the most remarkable in
stance of the fertility of Dakota soil which
ever came underyour own observation ?"
Wen, believe the case of my pump
might 90 at the head of the list
What was it?r
:" l dug well about forty feet deep the
first season | was there and put down a
wooden pump. 1t happened that it was
made out of small cottonwood log which
was little green and the soil at the bot
tom of that we'll, forty feet from the sur
face, was so fertile that the pump took
root, and it also grew and branched out,
and now while my children play in a
swing attached to one of the branches
pump water through the hole which still
remains in the trunk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-06-22
SOMERSET. Pa. WEDNESDAY. JUNE %, 1887.

And by t,e broad daylight they found
Paulita--dead.
She was cold, and still, and pale. She
would never move or speak again.
Did she take her own life? Qsien mbe
There was glass and dregs of some
thing that might have been deadly. And
closely clutched in one thin hand her
turquoise ring. And, rs if some power
ful acid had fallen upon them, the twin
stones were turned black-disfgured be-
yond reternption